Single mothers without legal status in Canada

It Canada highlights the financial and emotional challenges of • Have been court ordered or otherwise mothers living without status, and it addresses the advised that they cannot remove their disconnect between the policies of the Canadian children from Canada immigration system and the family law system that exacerbates the situation. [...] Because of the differences intent of the YWCA Single Mothers without Legal in provincial laws and the limitations of travel for this Status in Canada research project and to assure them project, the research was confined to the province of of confidentiality. [...] The women who did call the police report that asking the abusers to leave He kept telling me I had to work to pay the home for the night resulted in them returning the rent but I didn’t have any papers angrier than ever, while charging them resulted in threats to cancel their sponsorships unless they that will let me work. [...] For a walked away from him to go hide in the woman in the midst of sponsorship, the cost of the washroom. [...] SINGLE MOTHERS WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS IN CANADA: Caught in the Intersection Between Immigration Law and Family Law 21 tHe InteRseCtIon oF tHe IMMIGRAtIon sYsteM AnD tHe FAMILY LAW sYsteM When a mother without status leaves her abusive partner, she typically must navigate both the Canadian immigration system and the provincial family law system.